So Fresh and So Clean: Iron Conservation at Montpelier
Walk through our conservation process with Archaeology Lab Manager Ben Kirby!
Digging Deeper
Behind the Scenes at James Madison's Montpelier
Holiday Greetings from the Madisons
The Madisons’ letters give a festive insight into their celebration of the Christmas season.
A Masonic Pipe and Stories of Freedom
What can a Masonic Pipe Bowl tell us about enslaved African Americans?
The Why
Inspiring the questions, providing the answers.
The Dogs of Montpelier
Understanding overlooked buildings, and the dogs that called Montpelier home.
Filling out the South Passage
How did the curators know which paintings to hang?
Parroting Historical Research
Visitors’ accounts of Polly the parrot describe a bird who was both beautiful and bad-tempered.
A Missing Link Letter
The Montpelier Research Database has a place for missing letters … and sometimes the missing letters turn up.